Drug Trafficking In Malaysia

On 8 th of november 2013 three uzbekistan nationals were also sentenced to death for trafficking more than 10kg of methamphetamine.

Drug trafficking in malaysia. Surendran said that sources. Kedah police chief datuk hasanuddin hassan said in the operation from 1pm to 4pm police also discovered four. Langkawi oct 23 police have crippled a drug trafficking syndicate after four local men were nabbed with heroin and syabu worth rm594 200 in a three hour operation here on wednesday. R age investigates the young mules being tricked into moving the drugs following their trail all the way to the top.

Ooi chieng sim 51 and jackson boh khim hean 33 together with five myanmar men and a china national were charged with trafficking 4 980g of the drugs at a warehouse at atta global group bhd at. A number of foreigners have been executed in malaysia. Lawyers for liberty advisor n. Kevin john barlow and brian geoffrey shergold chambers were among the first to be sentenced to death in malaysia for drug possession.

To prove an offence of drug trafficking the prosecution must first prove that you were in possession of dangerous drugs and that such possession is for the purposes of trafficking in the said drugs. The issue of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants are complex issues involving a wide range of stakeholders and actors across the trafficking chain with multiple modus operandi. While we might think that trafficking refers to sneaking drugs past customs the legal definition of trafficking is actually pretty detailed. Drug syndicates are flooding asia with record levels of drugs with malaysia seemingly a key distribution hub.

As shown in section 2 dda in part. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in malaysia it is a mandatory punishment for murder drug trafficking treason and waging war against yang di pertuan agong the king. Petaling jaya the star asia news network new trends in drug trafficking and abuse have emerged during malaysia s movement restrictions in the past month says the director of narcotic crimes. The 32 year old filipina who was not identified was arrested early tuesday in a drug raid in manggatal town sabah according to the star.

Recently when the law was extended to include acts of terrorism any terrorists and anyone who aids terrorists financially or otherwise is liable to face the death penalty.